New Style Cabinet Card Mounts: Simulated Frames--Shapes


Figure 1.--This simulated frame oval cabinet card shows a mother posing with her daughter and two boys. There is writing on the back. Cabinet card photo measures about 6 inches wide, and approximately 9 inches tall. Actual photo measures approx. 3.5 inches wide by approx 5.5 inches tall. The subjects are identified. The family name seems to be Rann, but the writing is not clear. The portrait was taken in 1908.

We note different shapes that were used for these simulated frame cabinet cards. Here there were two shapes to consider. First was the actual card. They were almost always rectangular, but we notice some square cards. Second was the actual framed photograph. Here the shaps were more varied. There were rectangles including squares. We also notice ovals. Circles were less common, but ovals were very common. We have found quite a number of them. We see oval format portrits in the old classic cabinet cards, but they did not have framing. We also notice the old style cabinet vards with just head portraits at the denter of trge card but no oval device. These new cards always had the oval or rectangular framing devices.








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